Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-04-01
ATTACK ON A TACOMA EDEroR.
The P0sa-tntelliGcaeeF'A CerRespon-
deaf Defends Ms Wlie,s uoaor.

The P0se-EneelllGcaceEsM CorPespon-
deaf Defends mis- Wlie's Hoaer.
SrEcIAL TO THE Posr-INrEI1IoEsCER.
TACOMA, March 8l.--HerbeFt Sylves-
Ter Hercourt. the new editor Of the
EusAiHg Nsiss, of this city, vas shot "a.
and Mr.. Boise. city editor Of the sama
paper. vas accidentally shot In the
hand BY 8. w. Wall. this afternoon In
the editorial rooms Of the Nsins once.
Mr.. Wall is the Tacoma correspondent
Of the Seattle Posr- -INTEELIoENcKR.
THK occAsIuN or THE ATTACK
By Mr.. Wall upon Mr.HaFcourt a. stated
yesterday BY the formeR, was the pubii-
cation OF the following, which appeared
In the editorial columns ot the Nesns on
Wednesday afternooB. along With ether
/ attacks nOon him "Spokane is also
after q cheerful liar. This man vent 10
Spokane. resided there with a woman
ef Questionable reputs, between vhom
aud himself there was nothing but a
pistol marriage, and after beating the
town a. long a. he could, left Il 10 mis-
represent and naliQnit. We sympathize
With SPokApe. We know how IL h sur
selves." Mr.. Wall is said 10 have deemed
this covert attack upon himself and
wife, and
OUTSIDE OF TIE PALE oR yoURNALIslE.
SmartinR undsr ID and continuous per-
sonal attacks upon him, which had
previously appeared in the same oOl-
umna, he made his way into the edito-
rial rooms Of the Nsscs shortly before
2 O'Clock this afternoon. An eye
witness OF the occurrence says: "Mr.
Wall walked over 10 the desk Of Mr..
HarcouFt aud informed him that he had
come there 10 shoot him, and
" HE HAD AMI PREPARATIONS TO MAKE
To do 30. As Mr. Harcourt rose from
the desk Mr.. Wall pulled small piatoi
from his overcoat pocket and fired, the
ball striking Harcourt just over the
heart, psBetFatiuR the cost and vest. 10
was arrested In les course by a steel
lined pendent of the neoktie and did
not penetrate therein. Mr.. HareoaFt
and Rev. q. j. Larsen, who vas present,
beth retreated to an adjoining room.
In the meantime Mt Boiss, the city
editor, and Mr.. Mcintyre, iha fore
man, we're struggling with Mr.. Wall 10
take the pistol from him, when the
weapon was again discharged, the ball
going through the fiesby portion Of the
thumb OF Mr.. Boise'a right hand aud
lodging near the foFe6ngsF,
THE PTsroL USED
By Mr.. Wall IL Ia small % oalibre weapon
called "The Defender" Mr.. Wall was
arrested By Chief of Police Mckay and
taEen 20 the office Of Judge SonteF.
Mr.. Haroourt followed and after some
time notified the Judge that complaint
woald be lodged against Mr.. Wall latar
in the day, which vas done as follows;
COMPLAINT FILED.
+" Herbert Sylvester Harcoprt complains
that on the 3lst dag OF March samuel
w. WAll did unlawfuIiy. feloniously
and Of bis deliberate And premeditated
malice, with q pistobof the kind com
monty called and known as q revolver,
loaded with powder and leaden balls,
which he held In his right hand, made
"A assault on HaFoourt With malice
with intent 10 kill and
murder said Harcourt. contrary 90 the
form Of the statutes" eto. Mr.. Wall was
PLACED UNDER $4,000 BAn
To appear al 10 O'Clock tomorrow morn
ing for a preliminary hearing. Mr..
haFoOurt has been In the city bot q few
weeks. He IL said 10 have been an
editor in Indianapolis, Fort Wayne,
Indiana, Toledo, Ohio, and latterly In
Lisbon, Dakota. The ball was extract
cd from the hand OF MIR. Boise by Doc
tors Bostwiek and Wintemute shortly
after the shooting. Mr.. Wall
REoKIvED SEVERE IaJURrEs
In the scufile. He has a large scalp
wound In the head, made by some SORT
Of q blunt instrument, and has a cnt
below the left knee pan. In oonversa-
tisn with a Ledger reporter after the 90
ouFeaee be said: 81 am sorry that Mr..
Bsise met with any injury. would
not have harmed him for q thousand
dollars. l think have got the worst
OF IT,"